Shepherd Sugar Bush

Welcome to the Shepherd Sugar Bush in the Sweetest Little Town Around. The Sugar Bush is the maple syrup producing section of the Shepherd Maple Syrup Festival.

2022 MICHIGAN MAPLE WEEKEND AT THE SHEPHERD SUGAR BUSH
Date: Saturday, March 19 and Sunday March 20
Times: 10am - 4pm each day
What to do: Guided tours of the saphouse, see maple sap being boiled into maple syrup and purchase maple products!
Directions: From Rhyno's Car Was on Wright(Main) Avenue, go north on Third Street 4 blocks. The Sugar Bush building is on the corner of Boulevard and Third. 


SUGAR BUSH OPEN HOUSE DURING THE 2022 SHEPHERD MAPLE SYRUP FESTIVAL:
Dates and Times: Friday April 22, 4pm to 8pm, Saturday April 23, 9am to 5pm, Sunday April 24, 9am to 2pm
The 64th Shepherd Maple Syrup Festival will be held on Friday April 22nd through Sunday April 24th
See the Festival webpage shepherdmaplesyrupfest.org for more details.

For more info about the Sugar Bush and Festival check out the Shepherd Syrup Festival Webpage shepherdmaplesyrupfest.org   

If you are within easy driving distance of Shepherd or Mt. Pleasant, here are places that sell our syrup.
Mitchells Deli Shepherd: 197 Wright Ave. Shepherd, 48883
Dozers Mt. Pleasant: 1982 E Remus Rd. Mt. Pleasant, 48858
Blarney Castle Convenience Store (at McDonalds just west of U.S. 127 on Blanchard Rd in Shepherd)
Shepherd Bar and Restaurant: 324 W Wright Ave. Shepherd
The Hair Razor Barber Shop: 310 W Wright Ave. Shepherd
Ric’s Food Center: 903 E High St. Mt.Pleasant
Otherwise, Shepherd Syrup is available on AMAZON.com.  

 

Shepherd is a village of 1500 located in the central part of Michigan.

Information on ordering Syrup can be found at the bottom of this page.

The Sugar Bush started in 1958 as a volunteer project with the plan to have the proceeds fund park and recreational activities in the community.

In late February of each of the years since, the maples that line the Shepherd streets are tapped with approximately 2000 spiles and pails.

The sap of 2% to 3% sugar content is collected and evaporated to 67% sugar content in the Sugar Bush building located on N. Third St.

The Festival, held annually during the last full weekend of April, has grown from a pancake supper to a 3-day festival. All of the labor it takes to make and serve the syrup, candy, pancakes and sausage for the festival is donated by volunteers from our area.

The Shepherd Sugar Bush now has Maple Syrup available for purchase over the Internet. You may buy syrup in a wide variety of plastic and glass containers.